August 28, 2007
Today Bill, Jeanette, Char and I drove south to Turkey Run State Park. This is one of the most beautiful places in Indiana. It was about a 2-½ hour drive through some remarkable farm country. I think we enjoyed the drive to and from almost as much as the Park. We walked on a few of the trails and took lots of great pictures.
Looking down Sugar Creek.
The morning sun shining through the trees gave us some very spectacular pictures.
On one of the trails, we crossed Sugar Creek on a suspension bridge about twenty feet above the water. Normally, Char doesn’t like this type of bridge because of its movement and I don’t like the height. Today was so perfect that we crossed without any fears or concerns.
We stopped for lunch at the Turkey Run Inn Restaurant. After lunch we went for a canoe trip on Sugar Creek. It was absolutely a perfect day for a ride on the water. We leisurely drifted down the creek for a little more than one hour. We thought we had reached the prearranged stopping point and pulled into the shore near people unloading their canoes. After getting out of our canoe, we realized we were at the incorrect location and decided to travel further down the creek. While leaving the shore, we lost our balance, the canoe tipped over and we went into the water. The water was only about a foot deep but deep enough for Char and I to get completely wet from head to toe. Everything in the canoe went into the water including our camera and cell phone. The people on the shore helped us empty the water out of the canoe and get back on the creek. In less than 5 minutes we were at the correct stopping point. As we headed for the car, we were very wet, embarrassed about our canoeing skills and frustrated about possibly ruining our camera and cell phone.
We stopped for lunch at the Turkey Run Inn Restaurant. After lunch we went for a canoe trip on Sugar Creek. It was absolutely a perfect day for a ride on the water. We leisurely drifted down the creek for a little more than one hour. We thought we had reached the prearranged stopping point and pulled into the shore near people unloading their canoes. After getting out of our canoe, we realized we were at the incorrect location and decided to travel further down the creek. While leaving the shore, we lost our balance, the canoe tipped over and we went into the water. The water was only about a foot deep but deep enough for Char and I to get completely wet from head to toe. Everything in the canoe went into the water including our camera and cell phone. The people on the shore helped us empty the water out of the canoe and get back on the creek. In less than 5 minutes we were at the correct stopping point. As we headed for the car, we were very wet, embarrassed about our canoeing skills and frustrated about possibly ruining our camera and cell phone.
Bill and Jeanette make it look easy. 
We are still dry in this picture. For those of you we talk to regularly, please give us a day or two to get our cell phone replaced. Even though we tipped into the water, we still feel we had a wonderful day and want to go back again sometime. Our only regret was that Bill or Jeanette didn’t have the camera to take a picture of us in the water.
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